Mikel Arteta gives verdict about Manchester United vs Arsenal with 'world-class' admission

Mikel Arteta has admitted he is very disappointed to lose against a 'world-class' Manchester United team.

Arsenal were the only team in the Premier League with a perfect record ahead of Sunday's match, but that record was lost when Arteta's side were defeated 3-1 at Old Trafford by United, thanks to goals from new signing Antony and Marcus Rashford.

Antony opened the scoring in the match and Rashford scored two to win the game. Although Arsenal approached the game with confidence and had opportunities throughout in the match, they were unable to avoid their first defeat of the season.

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Arteta was not happy in his press conference after the game and he spoke to reporters to express his disappointment.

"Very disappointed that we haven’t won the game," Arteta said. "The game was there for the taking. We haven’t won it because we lacked some discipline in some moments and we weren’t ruthless enough in front of goal.

"I haven’t seen the action but they said it was a soft foul. It is just the consistency. There is nothing we can do now it is too late.

"We concede the first goal in an action with a contact with Bruno [Fernandes], we don’t follow our principles and we concede the goal when it was two against one. After it was all us. I said at half-time the game is there for the taking.

"If we play with more courage we win the game. It was 1-1 and it should have been 2-1. It is a big lesson if you want to win here you have to do everything so right. I am not here to evaluate United. What I saw is a very different Arsenal team who came here and played the way we want to play against a world-class United team."

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